Gripping-tool.



B. JANUSZCZAK.

GRIPPING TOOL. APPLICATION H150 JUNE-11', 1915.

1,191,702. Patentd July 18, 1916.

WITNESSES GRIPPING-TOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed June 11, 19-15. Serial No. 33,611.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BRONISLAW JANU- szozan, asubject of the King of Great Britain, and residing in Point St. Charles,in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gripping-Tools; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing 1s a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in a gripping tool and its objectis to devise an instrument whereby it will be possible to reach bottlesor the like when on a shelf that is too high and not accessibleotherwise than by raising a foot ladder.

The invention consists in a rod of convenient length provided at one ofits ends with a jaw like member otherwise called the gripping memberactuated by means of a lever and held in a closed positionby a strongsprlng.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 isa plan View showing the jaws closed. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing thejaws opened.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre sponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is a handle or rod of any suitable length,size and material.

3 is a cap embracing the end of the handle 1 and rigidly securedthereto, said cap having the projecting arm 3 the outward end of whichis slightly enlarged and has the bolt hole 4.

5 is a plate secured to the handle 1, having the hand-lever 6 pivotallysecured at 7.

8 is a bracket rigidly secured to the handle 1 and 9 is a leverfulcrumed at 10, one end of said lever having lateral projecting pins 11and the other end is pivotally secured to one end of the rod 12, theother end of said rod being pivotally connected to the end of thehand-lever 6.

13 are loops having the projecting flanges 14 which are provided withholes 15, said loops being so arranged as to engage the projecting pins11.

16 and 17 are rods pivotally secured at one end between the flanges 14by means of the bolt 18 which passes through the holes 15.

19 and 20 are jaws each semi-elliptical and having projecting therefromthe members or arms 21 and 22, which are pivotally see cured to the endsof the connecting rods 16 and 17 by means of the bolts 23 and 24, eachof said aw members being pivoted intermediate of their length to theprojecting arm 3 by means of the bolt 25, thus forming sc1ssors-likegripping members which are covered with any suitable material to preventthe articles that are gripped from slipping. used.

27 is a coil spring secured at one end to the bolt 23 and at the otherend to the bolt 24.

In the operation of the invention, the

A rubber cap 26 is preferably hand-lever 6 which is secured at the lowerend of the handle 1 is pressed down thereby actuatlng the lever 9fulcrumed at 10 by means of the rod 12. The projecting pins 11 on theend of the lever-9 engage the loops 13 when tipped over, pull the arm orrod 16 and. 17 forward, thereby effecting a spread out motion of the jawmembers 19 and 20. When the hand-lever -6 is released, the coil spring27 pulls the jaw members 19 and 20 together, which form a substantialgripping member sufliciently strong to hold a bottle or a box. 7 I

A feature of the invention is that in stores, one may dispense with theusual foot ladder which is generally used, and use a device such asherein described, thus saving'valuable time.

WVhat I claim is A device of the character described, com-' pris ng apole, a cap thereon provided with an arm, a pair of crossed pivotallyconnected arms terminating in cooperating jaws and fulcrumed on the armof the aforesaid cap, rods pivotally connected to said pivotallyconnected arms at one end, the other end of said rods being pivotallyconnected together, loops pivotally connected on the pivotal connectionof said rods, a bell crank lever carried by .said pole near its upperend and Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0.

